Kevin Cooper is entering his eight season with the Texans and first as the director of communications.
Cooper began his NFL career with summer internships in the PR departments with the Tennessee Titans and St. Louis Rams. He spent the 2001 season as a public relations intern with the New York Giants and served in the same capacity with the Texans in 2002 before being hired as the team's media relations assistant in 2003.
In 2004 and 2007, Cooper was part of a staff that won the Pete Rozelle Award, which is voted on by the Pro Football Writers Association to recognize the NFL's outstanding public relations department. He attended the NFL's Stanford School for Managers in June 2006. He has worked the past four AFC Championship Games with the NFL as the team liaison and four Super Bowls in his career.
Cooper is a 2001 graduate from Syracuse University with a degree in broadcast journalism. A native Houstonian, Cooper attended Jack Yates Senior High School. Cooper and his wife, Allison, reside in Houston.